"Today, I have some unexpected and amazing news. My wife, Alyona, has prepared a ‘chess surprise’ for you. This is a chess crossword! While solving it, you will reinforce your knowledge of chess terms, and hopefully will have fun along the way.

To make it more entertaining, we’ve decided to create a contest with this crossword puzzle – hence, the “RCA Crossword Contest” begins TODAY!

Contest details

The contest will run from today (31 August) till Thursday, 8 September.The LASTEST DATE for you to send in the answers (solving the crossword puzzle) will be 8 Sept.

And here comes the special part – prizes for the winners! Below are the prize details for the winners (the first 50 participants to solve the crossword correctly):

1st place – an RCA paid course for FREE + a FREE premium video of your choice2nd and 3rd place – an RCA paid course for FREE4th to 10th place – 50 USD voucher on any product11th to 15th place – 45 USD voucher on any product16th to 20th place – 40 USD voucher on any product21st to 25th place – 35 USD voucher on any product26th to 30th place – 30 USD voucher on any product31st to 35th place – 25 USD voucher on any product36th to 50th place – 20 USD voucher on any product

Note: I’ve planned to treat all participants nicely. After all, winning is not everything, but participation matters! So I will offer something cool to all participants at the end of the competition. Therefore, stay tuned!

Will you be able to solve the whole crossword properly? Are you ready to accept our challenge? I wish you all the best!

P.S. In the above picture, my wife and I look like Bollywood movie actors. At least, my Indian friends say so … I’m not so sure – maybe they just want to play a trick on a Grandmaster.